Cake-hanger.



No. 806,805. PATENTBD DEO.12,1905.

' H. I. HARDIN.

CAKE HANGER. APPLIOATION FILED JULY 3/1005.

waive diez HOWARD I. HARDIN, OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS.

CAKE-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 12, 1905.

Application filed July 3,1905. Serial No. 268,179.

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HOWARD I. HARDIN, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Peoria,

in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, have invented Certain new and useful Im provements in Cake-Hangers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and eX- act description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain improvements in cake-hangers, and has particular reference to a device to which it is adapted to attach a series of small cakes, whereby all of the cakes may be dipped in cake-icings of different flavors, when the said device is attached to a conveyer employed for conveying the device and iced cakes thereon to a remote point, at which time the ice or covering of the cakes has dried or hardened. The invention consists, preferably, of a polygon-shaped bar, to which is attached one or more hangers, being plates having an opening to conform substantially to the cross-section of the bar to adapt the plates to he slipped onto said bar. These hangers are each provided with a pair of oppositely-extended bifurcated fingers or prongs. It is adapted to secure the hangers to the bar by notching the bar in one or more places upon opposite sides of and adjacent to the body of said hangers to form a shoulder or shoulders to prevent lateral displacement of the said hangers. However, instead of notching the bar the hangers may be brazed thereon, soldered, or welded by electricity.

For a further and full description of the invention herein and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for eifecting the result reference is had to the following description and drawings accompanyingsuch description, in which-- i Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a bar having attached thereto a series of hangers embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is an enlarged face view of a hanger-plate secured to a bar by notching the same to form shoulders upon opposite sides of said plate.- Fig. 3 is an enlarged face view of a hangerplate secured to a bar by brazing the same to the bar, soldering, or welding the same; and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged face view of a hangerplate, being a modification of those in the previous views, having a cut-out or notched portion to adapt the same to be removed from the bar and employing any of the securing means described for securing the same to the bar.

In the drawings, 1 denotes a bar, preferably rectangular in shape, which previous to attaching thereto a series of hangers to be described is straight, and after attaching the hangers thereto the opposite ends of the bar are bent upwardly or laterally, as at 2, and a return portion 3 to serve as hooks. To this bar at desired intervals is secured a series of hanger-plates,(denoted as 4:.) These hanger-' plates are made of suitable metal and may be that which is previously tinned, if desired. Each plate has an opening 5, conforming to the cross-section of the bar 1, to adapt the placing of said plates on the bar by sliding the same into position thereon. Each plate is also substantially similar to those shown in Fig. 1, having two pair of oppositely-extended tapered bifurcated fingers or prongs 6, preferably inclined upwardly and diagonally outward from opposite sides of said bar, andthe extremities of each of the said prongs 6 have the beveled or tapered portions, as at 7. The disposition of the prongs is such that in each pair one overlies the other, as seen in the figures.

In Figs. 1 and 2 the plates are secured to the basel by notching the edges of the bar, as at 8, upon opposite sides of and adjacent to the plates 4, forming ashoulder on each side of the plates and a recess on the bar, in which the plates are immovable against lateral displacement.

In Fig. 3 the notches 8 to form shoulders on the bar are obviated, and the plate may be welded or brazed on the bar, or if the plates are tinned they may be soldered thereto.

In Fig. 4 the body of the plate is notched or cut out, as at 9, which merges into the opening 5 of the plate and adapts the plate to be slipped onto the bar at any point after the bending of the ends of said bar or previous thereto, and any one of the fastening means described may be employed.

In using my device in bake-shops or factories where large numbers of small cakes are iced daily a'cake is lodged on'each pair of prongs 6 upon opposite sides of the hangers 4:, when the cakes are dipped into a vat or other receptacle containing a suitable icing, and the rods then suspended by their ends 3 to a suitable conveying apparatus or device, (not shown,) when the cakes are conveyed to a remote point, by which time the icing has become thoroughly dried, the cakes are then removed and the operation heretofore described continued.

The advantage of having the prongs of the plates inclined upwardly and diagonally outwardly is that in dipping the cakes into the icing or other covering the operator will grasp the opposite ends of the bars and removing the same from the conveyer the cakes on one side of the bar are first dipped, then those upon the opposite side. It is aimed to keep the cakes on one side of the bar as far from the icing or covering as possible when dipping those on the opposite side of thesaid bar; also, to provide for easily inserting and removing the cakes from the icing, and it has been found that this may be more easily accomplished when the prongs are positioned substantially as herein shown.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim, and desire to'secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. A cake-hanger, comprising a polygonshaped bar, one or more hangers suitably secured to said bar, said hangers having opposite-ly-extended bifurcated prongs, which extend diagonally upward and outward from said bar.

2. A cake-hanger, comprising a bar, one or more hangers suitably secured to said bar, said hangers having oppositely-extended bifurcated prongs, which extend diagonally upward and outward from said bar, and said bar having its ends formed with hooks.

3. A cake-hanger, comprising a square bar,

a hanger-plate provided with a rectangular opening to adapt it to fit over said bar, said hanger provided with oppositely-extended bifurcated prongs, and means for fixedly attaching the said hanger to the bar.

4. A cake-hanger, comprising a bar, a series of hanger-plates spaced at intervals on said bar, each of said plates having a pair of oppositely-extended prongs overlying each other and their extremities tapered, and means for securing said plates to the bar against lateral displacement.

5. A cake-hanger, comprising a bar, aseries of hanger-plates spaced .at intervals on said bar, each of said plates provided with tapered fingers which extend diagonally up- Ward and outward from said bar, and means for securing the plates to the bar.

6. A cake-hanger, comprising a bar, a series of hanger-plates spaced at intervals on said bar, each of said plates provided with oppositely-disposed bifurcated prongs which extend diagonally upward and outward from said bar and have their outer extremities beveled, and means for securing the plates to the bar.

7. A cake-hanger, comprising a plate provided with two pairs of oppositely-extended prongs, the prongs of each pair being sepa rated a suitable distance and integral with the body of said plate, and a suitable support for said plate.

8. A cake-hanger, comprising a plate provided with two pairs of oppositely-extended prongs which project upwardly and outwardly, the prongs of each pair being separated a suitable distance and integral with the body of said plate, said plate.

9. In a device of the character described, a plate having a body portion provided with an opening of polygon shape, bifurcated prongs extending outwardly in opposite directions from the body of said plate, and the ends of said prongs beveled, substantiallyas specified.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HOWARD I. HARDIN.

and a suitable support for WVitnesses:

CHAS. N. LA PORTE, RoBT. N. MCCORMICK. 

